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Coroner
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Enable account activation Won't stay Active

Post by Coroner »

Hello David, It's been a while!

I really could use your expert help with this one.

When I click on the Enable account activation "user" button in the acp configuration section and then submit, it keeps changing wright back to "none"????? I tried "admin" but every time it keeps going wright back to "none"

I noticed the problem after a person wanting to join said that the board thought they were a spambot. I then noticed that not only the warning line was missing from the registration page but then found the above issue. I have installed many mods but this issue just came up so I might have narrowed down to 2 listed in the support ticket on phpbb.com but I haven't got any reply.

Here's the ticket which I hope will provide enough information to some how find a fix. I'm guessing it's a data base issue.

Your phpBB board URL: http://cscoroner.com/phpbb2/index.php
Template(s) used:Glass (blue), subSilver, many more.....
Any and all MODs: Most resent mods are easyUCP= http://phpbbhacks.com/download/3576 and easyUCP Extension= http://phpbbhacks.com/download/6118. Only these before the issue started.
Do you use a port of phpBB:No
Version of phpBB:phpbb2 version .22
Version of PHP:Don't know where to find this?
Which database server and version:MySQL - 4.1.20-max-log
Host:iXwebhosting.com
Did someone install this for you/who:iX web hosting business package
Is this an upgrade/from what to what:.Start with16. upgraded 17,18,19,21,22
Is this a conversion/from what to what:No.
Have you searched for your problem:Yes
If so, what terms did you try:Enable account activation, account activation, activation, activations more.....
State the nature of your problem:When I click on the Enable account activation "user" button and then submit, it keeps changing wright back to "none"????? I tried "admin" but every time it keeps going wright back to "none"
Do you have a test account for us:id=Test, pw=654321

Please look things over and let me know what you think!

Thanks!
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Re: Enable account activation Won't stay Active

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Hmmm...not really sure why that's happening but you can try running this directly on your database and see if it activates that feature:

UPDATE phpbb_config SET config_value = 2 WHERE config_name = 'require_activation'

It might need to be set to 1 instead of 2...not sure. I don't use admin activation on any of my boards but go ahead and try the above and see if you're able to turn the feature on that way.
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Re: Enable account activation Won't stay Active

Post by Coroner »

Thanks for your help David, I tried both 1 and 2 and got "Affected rows: 0 (Query took 0.0003 sec)" Went in and it still resets back to none? What worrys me is that if this issue has removed the registration line from the Spambot bod telling folks not to enter any info below the info line then what else is being affected.

I did find these in the php_confirm table? Not sure what they are or if they are causeing some problems?

Your thoughts?
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Re: Enable account activation Won't stay Active

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It's config not confirm.
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Re: Enable account activation Won't stay Active

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Thanks for your help with this David. I put the php_confirm table screen shot in because I thought it looked weird and because it's "confirm" I thought it might be related to my problems.

I found in the php_config table "require_acti" instead of "require_activation"?. Once changed to "require_activation" I can now change the settings and they hook. I tested and the board now sends an activation email so problem there solved.

The last problem I now face is with Stop_Spambot_Registration-1.0.2a mod. The red "do not enter anything below this line" in the registration profile page still doesn't show up. The mods working fine because I'm still getting attempt emails daily so that part is still up to speed. I'm not sure how long the "do not enter anything below this line" stopped working and I did install the profile mods before I found these issues so I'm not exactly sure if it's the new profile mods or something else I've done?

I've attached the SpamBot mod for you to review in case there's something else that I could do to get it back up to speed also. Very frustrating because It looks as though I'm close and it's probibly wright under my nose but I just don't have the experience or knowledge to figure it out on my own.

Please let me know what you think.
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Re: Enable account activation Won't stay Active

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The most likely cause for the red text to be missing is that you've probably removed this from your current template's profile_add_body.tpl file:

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	<!-- BEGIN switch_register -->
	<tr bgcolor="#FF0000">	
	  <td colspan="2">
		<span class="h1" style="color: white">{SPAMBOT_MESSAGE}</span><br /><br />
		<span class="gen" style="color: white">{SPAMBOT_MESSAGE_EXPLAIN}</span>
	  </td>
	</tr>
	<!-- END switch_register -->
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Re: Enable account activation Won't stay Active

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Thanks for the help David. Yes the code is in there. I have attached the file for you to look at. Maybe there's something blocking the code from working or do you think it's another db issue?

Please let me know.

Thanks!
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Re: Enable account activation Won't stay Active

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I totally overlooked this part on the includes/usercp_register.php edits:

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#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#

		$template->assign_block_vars('switch_edit_profile', array());
	}

#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#

//----BEGIN Stop Spambot Registration MOD
	if ( $mode == 'register' )
	{
		$template->assign_block_vars('switch_register', array());
		$template->assign_vars(array(
			'SPAMBOT_MESSAGE' => $lang['Spambot_message'],
			'SPAMBOT_MESSAGE_EXPLAIN' => $lang['Spambot_message_explain'])
		);
	}
//----END Stop Spambot Registration MOD
Without that the spambot message variables don't get populated and the section doesn't get rendered.
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Re: Enable account activation Won't stay Active

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Thats already in there. Here's the full file for you to review:
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Re: Enable account activation Won't stay Active

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Ah....I see where the problem is. You installed easyUCP and the location where the code is is commented out. Take this code:

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//----BEGIN Stop Spambot Registration MOD
	if ( $mode == 'register' )
	{
		$template->assign_block_vars('switch_register', array());
		$template->assign_vars(array(
			'SPAMBOT_MESSAGE' => $lang['Spambot_message'],
			'SPAMBOT_MESSAGE_EXPLAIN' => $lang['Spambot_message_explain'])
		);
	}
//----END Stop Spambot Registration MOD
and replace it with this:

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*/
//----BEGIN Stop Spambot Registration MOD
	if ( $mode == 'register' )
	{
		$template->assign_block_vars('switch_register', array());
		$template->assign_vars(array(
			'SPAMBOT_MESSAGE' => $lang['Spambot_message'],
			'SPAMBOT_MESSAGE_EXPLAIN' => $lang['Spambot_message_explain'])
		);
	}
//----END Stop Spambot Registration MOD
/*
That should bring you back up.
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Re: Enable account activation Won't stay Active

Post by Coroner »

Thanks again for your help with this David. I tried the new code commenting the spam mod back in and it didn't work. Weird huh?

I've attached both easyUCP's that are installed for you to look at. One is the original and the other is the extension mod that had more db additions.
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Re: Enable account activation Won't stay Active

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Ok...one last try. In usercp_register.php do the following:

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#
#----- [FIND] -----
#
$template->assign_block_vars('switch_register', array());

#
#----- [REPLACE WITH] -----
#
$template->assign_block_vars('switch_ucp_require.switch_register', array());
Coroner
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Re: Enable account activation Won't stay Active

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Thank for you efforts and patients with this David but I'm afraid it didn't hook. Here's a screen shot with both the edits. If I leave the first comment edits out the registration page looks normal so I think I might have a db issue or just might need to find another anti-spambot mod. I really like this one and it's been faithful for so long. I got 3 spambot notifications today so I know it still works but If folks don't read the announcement section across the top of the front page then they wind up getting kicked.

Please take your time is you would please. Maybe there's something needing to be removed rather then added. I have no clue but I really do appreciate all you've done to help.
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Re: Enable account activation Won't stay Active

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Found the problem. Just needed to move the edit to another location so easyUCP wouldn't over write it.
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